\begin{table}[htbp]\centering
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\caption{Balance \label{table1\_a}}
\begin{tabular}{l*{6}{c}}
\hline\hline
                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)}\\
                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{Precipitation}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Temperature}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Log Elevation}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Ruggedness}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Malaria Index}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{TseTse Index}\\
\hline
Proximity to Diocese Head&     -0.0200         &      0.0457         &      -0.222         &      -0.120         &      -0.150\sym{*}  &     -0.0338         \\
                    &    (0.0344)         &    (0.0499)         &     (0.143)         &    (0.0740)         &    (0.0870)         &    (0.0862)         \\
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Closer to Diocese Head=1 $\times$ Distance to Border&    -0.00876         &     0.00748         &     -0.0114         &     -0.0159         &     0.00519         &      0.0198         \\
                    &   (0.00977)         &    (0.0148)         &    (0.0146)         &    (0.0230)         &    (0.0130)         &    (0.0171)         \\
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Distance to Border  &     0.00502         &    -0.00560         &     0.00948         &      0.0131         &     0.00729         &    -0.00854         \\
                    &   (0.00350)         &   (0.00807)         &   (0.00847)         &    (0.0126)         &   (0.00870)         &   (0.00969)         \\
\hline
Observations        &        9524         &        9524         &        9914         &        9988         &       10070         &        8926         \\
\(R^{2}\)           &       0.937         &       0.911         &       0.855         &       0.580         &       0.883         &       0.757         \\
Border FEs          &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         \\
AB Round FEs        &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         &         YES         \\
Country FEs         &          NO         &          NO         &          NO         &          NO         &          NO         &          NO         \\
Cluster             &      BORDER         &      BORDER         &      BORDER         &      BORDER         &      BORDER         &      BORDER         \\
Mean of Outcome     &      -0.198         &    -0.00367         &      -0.224         &    -0.00871         &      0.0479         &       0.141         \\
SD of Outcome       &       0.896         &       1.036         &       1.091         &       0.910         &       0.933         &       0.763         \\
Min of Outcome      &      -1.187         &      -3.513         &      -3.682         &      -0.674         &      -0.974         &      -0.615         \\
Max of Outcome      &       3.825         &       1.539         &       1.310         &       5.119         &       2.263         &       1.994         \\
\hline\hline
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize Standard errors in parentheses}\\
\multicolumn{7}{l}{\footnotesize \sym{*} \(p<0.10\), \sym{**} \(p<0.05\), \sym{***} \(p<0.01\)}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
